Hat-making machine.



No. 783,246. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

M. A. GUMING.

HAT MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1904.

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ATTORNEYS No. 783,246. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905. M., A. OUMING.

HAT MAKING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 26, 1904.

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MARI A. CUMING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-MAKING MACHIN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,246, dated February21, 1905.

Application filed May 26, 1904. Serial No. 209,847.

1'0 [M whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARI A. CUMING, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat-MakingMachine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to hat-making machines, and admits of general use,but is more particularly adapted for service in such machines as shapeor form bell-crown hats of felt, straw, or other fabric and in which itis desirable that the work may be turned out rapidly and uniformly.

I will describe one form of hat-making machine embodying my inventionand point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section through the hat-dies used in myinvention. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the forming-die. Fig. 3 isa section upon the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of thearrow. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the swingingsections. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the overlappingsections of the upper die members, and Fig. .6 is a front elevation ofthe dies complete.

A base 7 is provided with a table 8, preferably integral therewith, anda composite crown member 9 ,is mounted upon the table, constitutingtherewith the member usually designated as the crown-die. A ring 10 ismovable relatively to the crown-die and encircles the crown-block 9.Holes 1O are provided for the purpose of connecting the ring 10 with theproper mechanism for handling the same,

engage the lugs 14 and are further provided with pins 22, which enablethe sections to move laterally in relation to the carrier 12. Thesections 16 are each provided with a shield 19, having a channel 19bounding the same. Each section 16 is, in effect, cut away, so as toleave the wing 19.' Each section 17 is pro vided with a facet 20, thisfacet being virtually a flat portion left by cutting away the section17. The hat material is shown at 21 and is stretched over thecrown-block 9 by means of the ring 10 in the manner well understood inthis art.

My inventionis used as follows: The base 7 is mounted upon a press ofthe kind used in making hats, a description of this press beingunnecessary. The hat material 21 is placed over the crown-block 9, thering 10 is clamped upon the material, as shown in Fig. 2, and thecarrier 12 is moved relatively to the crown block. It will beunderstood, of course, that the movement of the crown-block and thecarrier is relative and the parts may, if desired, be inverted.

The carrier 12 and the base 7 being moved one relatively to the other,the sections 16 17 are guided by the rounded or cam surface 11, and thusforced against the material 21, so as to press the same int-o conformitywith the shape of the crown-block, thus forming the crown of the hat.The shields 19 are each made of tapering thickness, as indicated in Fig.4:, and the channel 19 fits snugly upon the facet 20 and thecomparatively blunt edge 17 of the member 17. The hat-making material 21in being pressed into form is 'not pinched or otherwise distorted, butis moved easily into place and cannot readily find its way between anytwo of the swinging sections 16 17. This is because the swingingsections directly overlap, as will be understood from Fig. 3, withoutthe use of guard-plates heretofore employed. The movement is so arrangedthat the wings of one section bear against the facets of the adjacentsections at all times during the operation.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a die member, the combination of a plurality ofsections adapted to move toward and from each other, one of saidsections being provided with a facet and with a comparatively blunt edgebounding said facet; and another of said sections being provided with achannel constantly engaging said facet.

2. In a die,the combination of sections movable relatively to eachother, certain of said sections being provided with channels and othersof said sections engaging said channels directly, and means for movingsaid sections relatively to each other While the same are thus in directengagement with each other.

3. The combination of a crown-die, a mem-

